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came to the rescue. The end of
August saw him prospecting in
the West, and he speedily made
up his mind on the matter. He
moved his .hounds down during
the first week in September, and
held his opening day on the
nth of the month at Youlston
Park.
The weather was delightful,
and no better place could have
been chosen than Sir Edward
Chichester's place, from which
spectators on foot could see hounds
for a long way. A stag had been
harboured in Colt plantation ; the
tufter's work was soon over, and
the stag breaking covert with
praiseworthy promptitude, was
killed at Appledore after a good
run, though it was not very fast.
Mr. Sanders, the master of the
Devon and Somerset, Mr. Basset,
a late master, Mr. Preston White,
Sir Augustus Warren, Messrs.
Henry and Orlando Chichester,
Miss Vera Chichester, Miss Raby,
Miss Tomlyn, Lady Chichester,
Dr. Harper, Miss Hurst, Col.
Walker and Major Raby were
among those present. Mr. Orm-
rod is very keen on this new
phase of sport, and announces he
will spare no pains to bring the
deer to hand. It was a sports-
manlike act to travel so far, and
it is to be hoped that by the
time he returns home the game
may be found to have been worth
the candle.
The Seventh Hussars Stag-
hounds. — We regret to hear that
there is some danger of this pack,
which for many years has been
maintained by the cavalry regi-
ment stationed at Norwich, being
broken up. The only hope for
its continued existence rests on
the possibility of local sportsmen
taking it over, for with so many
cavalry regiments in South Africa,
there seems little prospect of there
being one during the winter at
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Norwich in place of the Seventh
Hussars now at Aldershot.
The East Sassez Puppy
Show. — The Hon. T. A. Brassey,
who worked so hard towards rais-
ing the Sussex Company of the
Imperial Yeomanry, was in the
field within a few hours of his
return from South Africa, and it
afforded both Lady Idina Brassey
and himself the greatest satisfac-
tion to reach England in time
for the Puppy Show. Few kennels
are more pleasantly situated than
those of the East Sussex, a large
area of the country hunted over
being visible without going beyond
Morgan's Paddock, whilst away
to the left are the excellent coverts
in the neighbourhood of Battle,
the Eastbourne limit being to the
right, where there is more down
than woodland. On the occasion
of the recent Puppy Show people
flocked from far and near with the
dual object of giving the joint
master and his wife a hearty home
welcome and also of seeing the
young entry, which was said to
be above the average. Of the
former we have nothing to say
beyond remarking that the wan-
derers must have found their re-
ception almost as trying as any
of their Generic Primidone experiences in South
Africa. Old and young united in
the welcome, the heartiness of
which was undeniable. Mr.
Brassey seemed very much re-
lieved when able to get to his
hounds, being anxious to see how
they had progressed during his
absence, and that he was satisfied
was proved by what he said at the
subsequent luncheon. Charmer,
the winning bitch, was a long way
the pick, being a big roomy
hound, likely to make a fine
matron later on, and as the result
of Buy Primidone Online a little pleasantry between
Wadsley (one of the judges) and
Morgan, she was put under the
standard and found to be nearer
24 inches than 23^ at the shoulder.
She is, indeed, the biggest hound
seen in the East Sussex country
since Promise's day. She had
been walked by Muddle, one of
the hunt smiths. The dog hounds
were more even in type than the
bitches ; Wizard, one of the War-
wickshire Talisman's stock,
walked by Mr. Foster, of Roberts-
bridge, who for twenty years has
brought up one of the young
entry, being an easy winner,
although on the small side. It
was good news to learn that the
prospects for the coming season
are excellent, there being a good
supply of foxes. Morgan, who
has been ill all the summer, is
about again, and with Vokins
and Moore, stays on, there being
no kennel changes since last sea-
son.
Coaohing. — Several of the
coaches are now off the road,
and some sales of the horses have
taken place. On the whole, they
have, perhaps, done rather better
than might have been expected,
though the present can scarcely
be called a good season. Mr. Buy Primidone
Chapman's " Vigilant, " which
began the season between London
and Ascot, was, according to
custom, afterwards run from
Eastbourne to Brighton and back,
carrying, as a rule, a fair number
of passengers. Towards the end
of August, however, the guard
had the misfortune to break his
leg. He was getting up behind,
and somehow his leg slipped
between the spokes of th^ wheel,
with the sad result above men-
tioned. He was taken to the
Brighton hospital. The"Nimrod,"
run by Captains Spicer and
Hamilton, and Mr. Woodland's
** Comet" have run on alternate
days, while Mr. Harvie Jackson's
** Frolic" ran to Worthing and
Arundel ; Mr, Nye's " Regence "
to Hassocks, where the gardens
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of the Downs Hotel are worth
seeing. The " Modern Times "
worked to Henfield. So Brighton
has been well off for coaches, and
sometimes they have loaded well.
The Cheltenham coach, too, and
the vehicle under Mr. Lewis
Priest man and Mr. Liddell, have
been in favour. There will be
some winter coaches running out
of London, but their number is
as yet uncertain.
Coursing.— Commenoement of
the Season. — Although the sea-
son of coursing nominally com-
mences in the month of September
when partridge shooting and cub-
hunting are in full swing, it cannot
be said that the coursing season
proper is in anything like high
feather until the month of October
has well set in and pheasant
shooting has commenced. Indeed,
the only published fixtures in
September were those of Antrim,